commodore 64/128 question

[David Greelish]

On Sep 1, 2006, at 11:23 PM, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote:

> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 18:21:11 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com>
>
> My personal advice, get a C64, or maybe a C64c, skip the C128.  I'm  
> saying
> this not because I have anything against the C128, but because it  
> will be
> different from what you remember.  Plus as has been pointed out, it  
> does
> take up more desktop space.
>
> My "fondness" for the VIC-20 has been replaced with a "fondness"  
> for the C64
> (a machine I hated when I was using the VIC-20, which was through  
> mid-1986).
> I really want to setup my one nice C64 system, I mean I *REALLY*  
> want to set
> it up.  Unfortunatly I don't have the space, and truth be told, the  
> time.  I
> also really want to setup an Apple // of some sort, most likely a // 
> gs, but
> there is the same problem.
>
> I need to find a really good excuse to set up one or the other, and  
> so far I
> haven't found one.
>
> 			Zane

I agree with this, the C64 or a 64C (I had both) represent the height  
of Commodore 8-bit, though I have always wanted a 128D. There are  
supposedly "mint" in box examples of these on eBay right now. VIC-20  
too. The 128 does have the Z-80 for CP/M though, if that interests you.

David

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